Those bureaucrats were correct. They would have been called racists. Sadly, avoiding that was more important to them than saving those girls.
I like America better when people could smoke cigarettes and spew insults at groups they disliked. We were all better off back then. Seriously.
We’re learning that it’s not just the fear of being called “racists.” There’s really big money involved here and you can be sure that it is spread around to those in the community greatest power.